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Ahan said, his voice tinged with shame:

"The Snakefolk were actually the first to decipher the fourth prophecy. We only noticed the name Bonus Archipelago because the Snakefolk had seized it. When we compared it with the first two lines of your fourth prophecy, it matched perfectly, so we sent the allied forces here to contest it."

Bai Xiaowen nodded.

Ahan then asked, "We know the place named in the first two lines now. But how do we interpret the rest? 'Servants of flame, ruins burned to ash, transformed into a radiance joining sky and earth; the sacred warhammer stained with demon blood sees the light of day once more'..."

"You've memorized it?" Watching Ahan sway his head as he recited the fourth of the Seven-Day Prophecies, Bai Xiaowen found him oddly adorable.

"Almost everyone has memorized it by now." Ahan gave Bai Xiaowen a long look. "You have no idea how famous you are on the Black Tide Continent. Your renown nearly rivals that of the rulers of the seven kingdoms. Your prophecies are a beacon in the apocalypse."

Bai Xiaowen gave him an awkward but polite smile. Ahan, if you keep praising me like that, it'll go to my head.

It was also a product of the times. Without a catastrophe threatening to end the world, how could a prophet ever become so famous?

But faced with the hope in Ahan's eyes, Bai Xiaowen shook his head. "I'm sorry, Ahan. I can't give you a detailed interpretation of the prophecy. If I could, I would have done so three years ago."

Ahan sighed, then rallied. "That's all right. What matters is that you're back. Dio, why didn't you come straight to me? Why arrange a meeting through a message? Is there something you can't tell me?"

"There are